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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The second image included prior to Chapter 1 of the text is an annotated illustration with what title?

2. Finkel adamantly claims in Chapter 11 that he found no evidence of what object having ever come within the bounds of Knight's campsite?

3. What term did Knight use to refer to the bundles of magazines he created by wrapping them with electrical tape?

4. What was NOT one of the names attached to the hermit during his period of scavenging from cabins in the area?

5. Finkel writes in Chapter 8 that "capturing Knight was the human equivalent of netting a" (37) what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the fact that when the police arrested Knight, he was wearing a pair of Lands' End size 38 jeans?

2. What were the contents of the final letter Knight sent to Finkel and what were Finkel's feelings about this final letter?

3. What qualities does Central Maine have that Finkel says were conducive to Knight's life plan?

4. Describe the scene of Finkel's first visit to see Knight in jail.

5. Discuss one unsuccessful technique Finkel used in his efforts to connect with Christopher Knight, North Pond hermit.

6. How does Finkel use historical allusions to shed further light on the case of the North Pond hermit?

7. In what way does Knight often mix comedy and tragedy within his spoken and written comments presented by Finkel?

8. In what township was Knight arrested and why is this information significant?

9. Chapter 4 describes the interrogation of Christopher Knight after his arrest. In what year did the arrest take place and how old was Christopher Knight at the time?

10. How did Knight manage to avoid his campsite being discovered, even though he was located only a three-minute walk from the closest cabin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Finkel’s use of characterization methods to portray real people. What effect do these characterization methods have on the work's inherent themes and messages?

Essay Topic 2

How are the themes of eccentricity and conformity depicted within Finkel’s The Stranger in the Woods?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Finkel’s use of Aristotle's appeals within the text of The Stranger in the Woods. How does Finkel use each of the three appeals to persuade the reader of particular points central to the tenets of the work?

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